Google May Face Further U.K. Action After FCC Privacy Report

Google may face further action by a British privacy regulator for gathering personal data, after the agency reviews findings by a US investigation.

The Information Commissioner’s Office is studying the Federal Communications Commission’s report on data gathering by Google for Street View “to consider what further action, if any, needs to be taken,” the UK watchdog said. While Street View cars photograph buildings and homes to provide street-level mapping to Google users, they went beyond that to using wireless connections to gather people’s personal communications.